Monterey County Sheriff: Negative campaign ads are full of slander, lies

Sheriff Scott Miller said there is no truth in recent advertisement attacks against him

Monterey County Sheriff: Negative campaign ads are full of slander, lies

Sheriff Scott Miller said there is no truth in recent advertisement attacks against him

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Updated: 7:33 PM PDT May 29, 2014

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WEBVTT COMMITMENT 2014ELECTION COVERAGE..AND THE RACE FORMONTEREY COUNTYSHERIFF NOW GETTINGDIRTY..AS ATTACK ADS HITTHE AIRWAVES ANDMAILERS MAKE THEIRROUNDS IN AN ALL OUTMEDIA BLITZ AGAINSTTHE INCUMBENT..SHERIFF SCOTT MILLER..TONIGHT THESHERIFF IS SPEAKINGOUT..ACTION NEWSREPORTER FELIX CORTEZIS LIVE IN SALINAS WITHMORE..DAN.. THE SHERIFFCALLING THE ADSSLANDEROUS.. ANDTHEY'RE RAISINGQUESTIONS AS TO WHO'SBEHIND THEM..Give me a call I'll tell you thetruth no he won'ta media blitz againstmonterey county sheriffscott miller says he's nottelling the truth abouthis record in office.. Butmiller says it's thosebehind the ads who havea problem with thetruth..4:30 there's no factuallyaccurateinformation in any of thosestatements :34 these are justthings that are hit pieces thataregenerated in my opinion by oneof the three opponents I have:42one mailing says millershouldn't be re-electedbecause he lives oneblock from pacific grovehigh school and kids mayhave bought meth andheroine from the millerhouse where the sheriff'sson jacob has beenarrested on drugcharges..ADdid sheriff scott miller tellyouabout the 13 individual employeecharges filed against him :forsexual harassment anddiscrimintation ?A tv and radio spot saysmiller has been chargedwith harrasment anddiscrimination charges ..When in fact claims havebeen filed against thesheriff..But miller says none ofthem have stuck..3:52 you know its one thing tohave claims filed its anotherthingto have claims sustained and inthis case there are no claimsthathave been sustained and I don'texpect there ever will be :02richards15:05 I'm not involved in thiswhatsoever :06 I'm committed torunning straight forwardcampaign :15 without any kind ofnegativity :16three candidates runningagainst the sheriff werequick to distancethemselves from theattack ads..Including mike richardswho filed one of thoseclaims.. The ads arebacked by an outsidegroup calling themselves"californians for law andorder".. They claim tohave no allegiance to anyone candidate..17:20 I would say that theseclaims are absolutely based onfacts these come fromindidivualsthat have either worked for thesheriff or have been involvedwiththe sheriff :3119:27 we stand behind thestatements that are in thecommercial and that are in theflyer :31THE SHERIFF SAYS HISATTORNEY HAS SENT ACEASE AND DESISTLETTER TO COMCAST..HOPING TO GET THOSEADS OFF THE AIR..SO FAR NO ACTIONHAS BEEN TAKEN.. ###AGAIN FOUR PEOPLEARE RUNNING FORMONTEREY COUNTYSHERIFF.. THEY ARE FREDGARCIA.. SCOTT MILLERTHE INCUMBENT..STEVE BERNAL.. ANDMIKE RICHARDS.. ###YOU CAN FIND MOREINFORMATION ON ALL OFTHE RACES ANDMEASURES .. INCLUDINGPROFILES ON ALL THECANDIDATES FORMONTEREY COUNTYSHERIFF BY GOING TOOUR WEBSITE.YOU CAN USE YOURCOMPUTER OR MOBILEDEVICE: JUST GO TO THECOMMITMENT 2014SECTION AT KSBW DOTCOM.... AND DON'TFORGET TO SIGN UP FORBREAKING NEWS ALERTSWHILE YOU'RE THERE.###

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Monterey County Sheriff: Negative campaign ads are full of slander, lies

Sheriff Scott Miller said there is no truth in recent advertisement attacks against him